by moderator | Sep 9, 2021 | Main Programme, Past events
A screening of Jennifer Abbott’s acclaimed film The Magnitude of All Things will be followed by an interview and discussion with the director. “It was grief. I knew it well. And this time it was for the changing world around me.” When Jennifer Abbott lost her...
by moderator | Sep 9, 2021 | Featured, Main Programme, Past events
You can now watch each presentation by looking at the entries below but can also dip in all in one place. Wednesday November 3, 2021 09.15-16.30 GMT/UTC+0 With a keynote presentation from mirko nikolić Extinction is an online postgraduate symposium organised by...
by moderator | Sep 1, 2021 | Past events
Wednesday September 29, 19.00 BST/UTC+1 In the next in our series of Borrowed Time conversations, we introduce the extraordinary young writer Sophie Strand. Sophie is a writer based in the Hudson Valley who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling,...
by moderator | Aug 9, 2021 | Main Programme, News
With hindsight, perhaps this decision was inevitable. After many rebounds from dismay to hope and back again, we have decided with some sorrow in our hearts to take Borrowed Time fully online. We’ve held on to the idea that we could offer a hybrid event since we...
by moderator | Aug 9, 2021 | Articles and more, News
Just happened to catch part of Oliver Burkeman’s Monday morning series on BBC Radio 4 called The Power of Negative Thinking. Today he included a section on death and dying. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0845pmg NOTE this may not be available in all...
by moderator | Aug 5, 2021 | Past events
An invitation to participate in A Celebratory Gathering LIVE from the Rowan Tree and the International Space Station* Designed and facilitated by Michelle Atherton A Borrowed Time event Friday October 15 at 18.30 BST/UTC+1 How do we publicly acknowledge the...
by moderator | Jul 18, 2021 | Articles and more, News
This mixed media creation is made up of creative and academic contributions from people around the world on the subjects of death, dying and mourning. Please visit the link below where you can view the zine and/or download a pdf. You can view or download...
by moderator | Jul 2, 2021 | Main Programme, Past events
Sophie Pierce is a writer and broadcaster who worked as a reporter and producer for the BBC for over twenty years. In 2017 her 20 year old son Felix died suddenly and unexpectedly. Her memoir The Green Hill: letters to a son explores how she responded to...
by moderator | Jul 2, 2021 | Events, Main Programme, Past events
Sunday, October 31 17.20-18.40 GMT/UTC+0 A Certain Kind of Dying What happens when health, wellbeing, and recovery are caught up with particularly troubling modes of corporeal production and imperial stabilities? What happens when unbothered continuity...
by moderator | Jul 2, 2021 | Events, Main Programme, News
On Friday June 23, we were delighted to have Dr Rachel Clarke as the first keynote speaker for Borrowed Time. You can watch the session...
